The Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa is scheduled to open in mid-January, and reservations are being accepted for stays that will begin on Feb. 1, a Hyatt spokeswoman said. ...more

November 20, 2009

I want to publicly thank Walter Cronkite for his service to America. He was a truthful and honest voice in both good times and bad. ...more

July 21, 2009

Hot air balloons will be a casualty of the sour economy this year, but otherwise it's full steam ahead for the annual Chasco Fiesta street parade on Saturday. ...more

March 18, 2009

JCPenney was supposed to be the anchor store that would reel in herds of deep-pocketed shoppers at the county's newest plaza. ...more

February 21, 2009

Will Russell Rhodes' brief on-air apology Wednesday be enough? Will the 49-year-old TV anchor keep his job at WTVT, Channel 13? ...more

February 19, 2009

The Jose Gasparilla anchors a flotilla of pleasure boats Saturday as it sails along Hillsborough Bay toward the Tampa Convention Center, where Mayor Pam Iorio handed over the key to the city. Guided by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the ship signals the beginning of the invasion of Tampa. ...more

February 8, 2009

A Michigan TV station is planning a chilly broadcast from the annual Zehnder's Snowfest in Frankenmuth. ...more

January 22, 2009

The growing flood of drivers traveling between homes in northern Hillsborough County and shopping in southern Pasco County will soon find one more obstacle in their path: a new traffic signal at Williamsburg Drive and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

January 16, 2009

Pasco County opens bids today for a new traffic light at Williamsburg Drive and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. It's intended to ease congestion being driven by a growing number of residents and the nearby Shoppes at New Tampa and the Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

January 15, 2009

Highlands County commissioners decided Tuesday to give property owners 60 days to come up with initial plans to eliminate what county Engineer Ramon Gavarrete called an "eyesore" within a two-block commercial strip on the west side of US 27, just north of Lakeshore Mall. ...more

January 14, 2009